and my son's like, gone. get down. we had what we're calling an assassination attempt against our former president, donald trump. right now at seven, we continue to follow breaking news, terror and chaos. former president donald trump wounded in an assassination attempt. we are tracking the investigation after the deadly shooting at his rally in pennsylvania. this is today in the bay good sunday morning to you and thank you for joining us. it is july 14th. i'm kira clapper. we want to get to our top story this morning. multiple shots fired at a trump campaign rally in the battleground state of pennsylvania. former president donald trump waking up in new jersey today following the assassination attempt. this is video of him arriving late last night. an aide who travels with trump posted this video of the

landing at the airport, saying this morning, trump is doing fine. he flew home and spent the night at his home at his resort in bedminster. a few hours after the shooting, trump posted on truth social, describing the moment, saying, quote, i was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. i knew immediately that something was wrong in that i heard a whizzing sound shots and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. this morning he posted another message thanking people for their prayers, adding, quote, in this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand united and show our true character as americans, remaining strong and determined and not allowing evil to win. trump said he looks forward to speaking this week from wisconsin, where the republican national convention begins tomorrow in milwaukee. as you've

likely seen by now, cameras were rolling as the gunman fired shots and a chaotic scene unfolded. the fbi confirms the identity of the suspected gunman, 20 year old thomas matthew cruz of pennsylvania. he's accused of killing at least one person at the rally, two others critically wounded. still in the hospital today, crooks was killed by law enforcement. new this morning, nbc news has learned that the person who fired at mr. trump crooks used a semi-automatic rifle based on what was found at the scene. three u.s. law enforcement officials confirmed. with us this morning that it was a sniper rifle. but the investigation into how this could have happened is still in the very early stages. today in the bay's emma goss continues our coverage. it was a chaotic scene. law enforcement, i believe, acted heroically, quickly identifying and neutralizing the threat. take a

look at what he's bloodied, but fine. according to donald trump's recent post on truth social, after he says he was shot in the ear, forcing him to leave the stage of his rally in western pennsylvania, moments after he started to speak. within seconds, secret service agents rushed the stage and surrounded mr. trump. a trump supporter in the front row saw the incident up close. when they got him up and they turned him, i could see the blood from the top of the ear to the bottom wasn't gushing, but it was covered. and then he put the fist bump up, stay strong and they walked him off. there were at least a dozen loud pops heard during the incident. mr. trump was rushed to a local medical facility to be checked out, according to his campaign. but a spectator in the crowd was shot and killed. two more critically injured. he was killed instantly, as far as i could tell, and at that point it was a state police and a swat team, you know, showed started evacuating the bleachers, and then i helped carry the man out

of the bleachers to a tent that was behind the bleachers. university of san francisco politics professor james taylor likens the shooting to an assassination attempt in 1981, when then president ronald reagan was wounded by gunfire when leaving a d.c. hotel. after giving a speech to have a political violence in american politics is not new, but to have it in such a way where a candidate is on stage about to give a speech in front of hundreds of supporters in broad daylight on national television, is really brazen disinformation and conspiracy theories about the attack are already swirling on social media. you know, in terms of our politics and the polarization in our politics, this is just a dismal development, because it just increases cynicism. it will increase distrust, it will lead to more conspiracy, the internet will take it in an entire, entirely different direction, regardless of what the official

outcomes and official reports are. the internet, it has its own mind. emma goss for today in the bay president biden, meanwhile, flew back to the white house after addressing the nation from his home state of delaware. he was attending church when the attack happened. white house officials quickly briefed the president on the situation. biden, speaking out, condemning the violence, calling it, quote, sick. biden reached out to trump and the two have spoken overnight, but details of that conversation have not been released. there's no place in america for this kind of violence. it's sick, it's sick. it's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. we cannot allow for this to be happening. we cannot be like this. we cannot condone this. and so i want to thank the secret service and all the agencies, including the state agencies. the bottom line is that the trump rally was a rally that he should have been able to

be conducted peacefully, without any problem. but the idea, the idea that there's political violence or violence in america like this, it's just unheard of. it's just not appropriate. and everybody, everybody must condemn it. everybody. president biden cut his trip short to delaware. this is video of him getting on air force one last night in the coming hours, mr. biden is set to meet with homeland security and law enforcement at the white house. we are continuing to hear firsthand accounts from witnesses who were at yesterday's rally. let's take a listen to one man, a doctor who saw the man who was shot and killed, saying he helped carry the man out of the venue first. i was in shock because i know what gunshots sound like, so i knew there were gunshots. i just i couldn't tell from where they were coming from. that first seven shots that went off the man got hit. he was killed almost instantly. the woman in the bleachers, she got injured like she got hit in the forearm. in the hand. and then in those rounds that were fired again, i

was videoing the event. so that's when i saw trump get hit and it seemed to me like looking that he was looking to the side and the round grazed his ear. the man that got hit, there was no assistance that needed to be given and unfortunately his family witnessed the whole thing. they it seemed like he had several family members in the bleacher with him, and they were quite upset. they didn't know they were in shock. they didn't know, quite know what was going on. that witness telling nbc news dasha burns that the rest of the crowd realized the gravity of the situation when the swat team rushed in. leaders from both parties are united in condemning the violence. governor gavin newsom tweeting on x with this statement that reads, quote, violence has no place in our democracy. my thoughts are with president trump and everyone impacted at the rally today, a surreal morning. that's what house speaker mike johnson said about 90 minutes ago. speaking live on a special edition of the today show this morning, johnson says he is calling for congress to

investigate what happened. i've already announced that congress will do a full investigation of the tragedy yesterday to determine where there were lapses in security and anything else that the american people need to know and deserve to kno. the secret service is disputing false claims that spread online last night, saying that additional security at the rally was requested and then rejected, saying that was never the case. speaker johnson says leaders from both parties need to speak up and call out harmful rhetoric, which many are doing on their social platforms. meanwhile, political experts are predicting that presidential campaigns likely are going to temporarily quiet down after yesterday's assassination attempt. the immediate response has shown leaders on both sides condemning the political violence, including president biden, as far as how it will impact the campaigns moving forward. we spoke with san jose state political science professor melinda jackson.

certainly people who who may be undecided might become more sympathetic to trump as a result of this, i think we also need to see how trump himself responds. we're seeing bipartisan messages coming out with everyone condemning the political violence, and, you know, that is absolutely the appropriate response. particularly in the immediate hours following an attack like this. but as we know, donald trump is a defiant candidate. he has, used some, some violent rhetoric in the past that seems to be supporting or encouraging violence. and so, i think if he responds to this attack with, you know, kind of vengeance and more violent rhetoric that could also, turn off some voters who are yet undecided, coming up in about 30

minutes from now, nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston will join us live to talk more about how this assassination attempt changes the next, next few months. heading into the november election at 710 on your sunday morning. we have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up, we take you live to washington dc, where we hear from nbc's kristen welker with exclusive interviews as leaders react to the attack and a look at what's ahead on this mo capital

immediately after the attack on former president trump. today, the president is meeting with homeland security and law enforcement in the wake of yesterday's attack. this morning here in california, we are waking up to a new post on truth social from former president

trump, a tone of defiance and also setting the tone heading into the rnc, which begins tomorrow. he is urging the public to stay united. we now welcome from washington, d.c, nbc news kristen welker, moderator of meet the press. hi, kristen. thank you so much for joining us on this historic and important morning. this morning, you have exclusive interviews with senators lindsey graham, senator bernie sanders, and you are also speaking to congressman dan meuser, who was sitting in the front row of the rally yesterday when mr. trump was shot. i can't even imagine what's the general sentiment this morning. it's just extraordinary to talk to each of these guests for different reasons. kyra just starting with congressman dan meuser to hear him talk about the fear that he felt when those shots rang out, when he realized that former president trump had been shot and he didn't know how badly he'd been injured, those

terrifying moments of confusion and not really understanding what exactly was happening. and he also gives a very powerful call for this country to come together, to collectively find a way to end this type of violence, and that really, i think, was the overwhelming message that we heard from our guests today. it was really extraordinary. senator lindsey graham, who was emotional, by the way, donald trump is a friend, not only a political ally, who said when he talks to the former president, he's just going to tell him he loves him. he's glad that he wasn't hurt more seriously. but senator graham, speaking to the fact that this was an incredibly close call and that as a country, the country has to do better and has to come together to do better. you also heard that forceful condemnation of the political violence that we all witnessed in pennsylvania from senator bernie sanders, as well as senator chris, who talked about the need for there

to be a robust investigation into what happened into the secret service response, particularly as we head into the republican national convention. the democratic national convention in august. how can this country do a better job overall at preventing this type of horror from unfolding again at another political event? horror, indeed, and an awakening for us all. kristen. thank you. we really look forward to the show today. we hope you join christian for this morning's meet the press again. she will have all of those exclusive interviews with pennsylvania congressman dan meuser, who was front row at the trump rally yesterday, and exclusive talks with senators lindsey graham of south carolina, bernie sanders of vermont, and chris of delaware. meet the press is coming up at 8 a.m. right after our newscast. new this morning, senior advisers for the trump campaign are urging their staff not to come into either the dc nor the west palm beach offices today as they ensure the

security of both locations. they say they're enhancing the armed security presence. with 24/7 officers on site at 716, we're going to take a big shift here, taking a live look here locally at the golden gate bridge, fog soaking it all in on the bay. today, the final day of the sailgp season for championship sailors from across the globe here in san francisco competing for a winner takes all grand final. today, the title and a $2 million prize. so let's check in with cinthia pimentel. so much going on, but we do need to let the people know how the weather will be today. on this sunday. nice to get sort of a cool down and you told us we will have it for quite some time. oh yeah. no extreme heat in that 7-day forecast. and going back to the golden gate bridge. that's a typical summer look here in the bay area as the fog just blankets san francisco and the sailgp competition. not only

that, $2 million prize, but i was out there on friday and they were telling me that they also handed out a sustainability trophy for all of those global teams going around the world and checking off their sustainability goals as they, of course, see the firsthand impacts of climate change, especially out there in our global ocean. so if you're going out to that, have a great time and you support all the teams out there from around the world, let's talk about what's going on here in the bay area. we are looking at some filtered sunshine this morning a bit of a gloomy start to our sunday. so if you want to stay in bed, i don't blame you. we're going to start with mid 60s here in san jose, a foggy up there through parts of the north bay. santa rosa, 56 degrees 59 out in dublin where we see that sun trying to peek through the clouds. and 58 and that drizzle out along the coast. it's going to be a while before we see some of that clearing with the coastal clouds there. even some drizzle up there towards parts of southern marin half moon bay. the rest of us should start to see that clearing as we go on

into lunchtime, but the fog wants to hang around the coastline for their sunday plan. as we go on and take a look at around 2 to 3 this afternoon, notice how it comes filtering back in as we go on into our overnight hours. so i think that should also bring some relief to people that have been struggling myself included, with the hot temperatures in our overnight hours. we could even start with a bit of some drizzle and clouds for our monday morning commute. back to work we go. so what can we expect as we plan our week ahead? we're going to continue with that gradual cooling today, tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, possibly even. we'll take a look at those numbers. but i also want to mention what's going on in the sierra. remember yesterday when we had that kind of muggy feel, the high clouds rolling around? that was that subtropical moisture moving around the bay area and that's going to continue to be a threat in the sierra. so i'm talking tahoe down to yosemite, down to the southern portions of it, where we also have a red flag warning. so those thunderstorms could come with dry lightning, some strong outbursts from the clouds. so anything that does start is going to travel fast

with those gusty winds. now back here in the bay area as we take a look long range, we're also going to be talking about that heat that could return as we go on into late week. so satellite and radar, we see those showers to the north of us and those lightning strikes being detected right just north of fresno around mariposa and yosemite. that entrance there, we're going to continue to see and monitor it as we get that daytime heating in the sierra. and of course, we'll alert you if anything drifts a little bit closer to the bay area. so all of this light winds going on around us, those cloudy skies are going to bring temperatures down a little bit. we have less of those upper 90s and those triple digits are no more 91 in fairfield for you today, as well as morgan hill around the northern portion of the south bay. we're going to keep it in the 80s, 60s and 70s by the water. san mateo 73 for you. and we'll go on into novato and do 84 degrees there. lafayette, i'm looking at you this week. we are going to continue with that cool

down. i'm going to bring you down, not even to the 80s monday. and tuesday, but then going into next week, that's when we're going to start to drink more water, start to feel that heat as we go on into the 90s once again in our inland valleys in san francisco should also see a bit of a gradual warm up as we go on into this week, mainly in the 60s, some low 70s by the end of the week, and our inland valleys no extreme heat. i think 80s are going to be much of a relief for people this week, and then we'll do some low 90s as we go on into the weekend. but weekend rolls around. you start having fun anyway. yeah, definitely. my kids are. i've got them. those water squirters that it's like a fan and it's mists you with water kids. they're having fun. don't know how lucky they are, but yeah, they're enjoying the heat because they have that relief. cynthia, thanks so much. it is just about 721 right now. still ahead this morning on today in the bay we have a devastating update to that breaking news we brought to you yesterday morning, a three year old who vanished in the east bay

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are also tracking local headlines this morning, including this follow up to a story we brought to you as breaking news yesterday morning. a tragic ending to the case of a three year-old girl who vanished from the east bay, a body matching the description of three year old ellie lorenzo has been found. a police source close to the investigation tells nbc bay area her body was found at a recycling facility in san jose. ellie's mother had called police on friday to do a welfare check at the caso arroyo apartments in fremont. that's where ellie's father lived. he was supposed to return ellie to the mother as part of a custody agreement on friday. but that same day, the father was found

dead in san francisco. neighbors are horrified. the mother especially, you know, losing her child. and i pray for the family, the relatives, for missing, for losing this beautiful child. this is video of ellie's mother when she was still missing. since her body has been found, the mother released a statement that reads in part, quote, we are heartbroken at the loss of our dear, sweet ellie. she was the most charming, funny, smart, friendly little girl. ellie loved dancing and meeting new people. she so easily made friends and spread so much joy everywhere she went. san jose police are now taking over the investigation. and at 724, just into our newsroom, shannen doherty, one of the biggest stars on the 90s drama beverly hills, 90210, has died. her publicist says she lost her battle with breast cancer. doherty was first diagnosed with

the disease back in 2015. two years later, she went into remission. but in june of last year, doherty shared an emotional post on instagram, revealing that her cancer had spread to her brain at the beginning of 2023. we are told she was surrounded by loved ones when she passed. shannen doherty was just 53. and overnight condolences are pouring in for legendary fitness personality richard simmons, who died just one day after his 76th birthday. simmons was found unresponsive yesterday morning at his hollywood hills home. the exact cause of his death is not yet known. simmons, of course, was known for his eccentric personality and sweatin to the oldies workout videos. he rose to fame in the 1970s and 80s. since 2014, he has become somewhat of a recluse, but in january of this year he spoke out against an upcoming biopic being made about his life, which simmons said was done without

consulting him. since that post, simmons had been active on social media, often writing motivational messages and sharing stories about moments and people in his life. at 726 on your sunday morning, we do have much more ahead on today in the bay. we continue to follow that breaking news. an assassination attempt on former president trump leaves him injured and one dead, two others in critical condition. we have a live report on where the investigation stands this morning and what we have just learned about the accused shooter. plus, nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston is here to discuss how yesterday's attack could impact vors in november's electteio

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president trump and that's when he went down. right now, at 730, shots fired just minutes into donald trump's campaign rally in pennsylvania. the former president injured in what's being called an assassination attempt. we have new information this morning about the accused gunman and the weapon he used. this is today in the bay good morning to you. it is sunday, july 14th. thank you for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. it is a somber sunday in america. former president donald trump, the target of an assassination attempt. one campaign rally attendee was killed. the other two who were injured remained in critical condition this morning. the apparent gunman also dead. the fbi has since identified him as 20 year old thomas matthew

crooks of bethel park, pennsylvania. nbc news is now reporting he used a semiautomatic rifle. that's according to three senior u.s. law enforcement officials. and based on evidence found at the scene, the fbi has been at the gunman's home all night trying to learn everything they can about him. but right now, a motive remains unclear. the shooting comes just two days ahead of the republican national convention in milwaukee, which begins tomorrow. that's where the former president is expected to officially be named the republican presidential nominee. and that's where we find today in the bay's brie jackson live from milwaukee, brie. good morning to you. the investigation obviously still in the very early stages. what do we know right now? good morning. kira the investigation. it's really widespread here. so we do know that three officials, u.s. officials tell us that the gunman did use a semiautomatic

rifle. and we're told today when it comes to the fbi's investigation, that they're really going to focus on that crime scene there at the rally. take a look at what happened. a terrifying scene as former president trump is rushed off the stage following an apparent assassination attempt during a rally in pennsylvania, killing one spectator and bloodying trump's ear. the fbi has maintained the lead on the attempted assassination. federal authorities identified the suspect as 20 year old thomas matthew crooks was watching the president and you hear the gunshots go off. a trump spokesperson says the former president is doing fine. he traveled to his home in new jersey and thanked law enforcement in an online statement after the incident, president biden condemned the violence. the idea, the idea that there's political violence or violence in america like this is just unheard of. it's just

not appropriate. and everybody, everybody must condemn it. everybody. the shooting comes ahead of the republican national convention in milwaukee. one woman i spoke with became emotional. i'm sick to my stomach. it it literally made my stomach immediately go into a knot. it makes me so sad. it makes me mad. i'm disappointed. i'm embarrassed. she's urging americans to put their political differences aside. love the ones who vote different than you. love the ones who vote the same as you. love the ones who choose not to vote at all. we've got to get hate out of our vocabulary. calls for unity and peace are going out across the country. and kira the republican national convention is set to get underway here in milwaukee tomorrow. security was already heightened ahead of this event taking place, and as you can

imagine, the law enforcement presence has increased since yesterday's assassination attempt. kira not surprising. brie, thank you so much for that update. many gop leaders are already there in milwaukee with brie, including some from california. they are expressing their shock and their disgust over this shooting today in the bay's alyssa goard spoke with some of them and continues our coverage. news of the shooting sending shock waves to gop leaders around the country, including in california. some are already in milwaukee for the republican national convention, like san francisco republican party chairman john dennis. shocked like everyone else is, and, something that i've been concerned about for the better part of decades probably, is how things seem to be escalating, in the heated rhetoric and, steps

towards, political violence being acceptable. jason clark, who's the bay area regional vice chair of the california republican party, spoke to us from milwaukee to in person. you know, i talked to some people and they're they're angry, you know, they said that, they think that we live in dangerous times and they're angry and they really want to see president trump go over the finish line. delegates in milwaukee said when news broke of a shooting at the rally of former president and current presidential candidate donald trump, their group was stunned and somber. the convention is set to go monday through thursday. it's where former president trump is expected to accept the republican nomination and announce his running mate. the people we spoke with anticipate heightened security at the convention and the security is it's heavy, heavy military presence, i think, you know, that we were that's already in place and expect measures to be stepped up a notch from there.

dennis and others say they're worried about a culture of heightened political violence in america, something they've noticed locally, too, as an elected official myself, i've personally had my own threats, and they are serious. they're taken seriously. but you know, this is something that we just have to make sure that our law enforcement, our campaigns, our, our nation, that they're taking seriously. state assembly member joe patterson, a republican who represents placer and el dorado counties, wants to see americans come together and condemn acts of political violence. in my own family members, my mom, my stepfather, my brothers, you know, we don't all necessarily agree on politics, but we unify together that these kinds of divisive and disgusting violent acts should not be tolerated in society, and they're never acceptable. it's an important time to maybe bring together politicians from across the aisle to stand up at a press

conference and say, no, no more. we have to stop this right now. alyssa goard. today in the bay, we want to take you back live to milwaukee. a live look for you where the gop says the republican national convention will proceed as planned with mr. trump. this morning saying he looks forward to being there. as we mentioned, he will formally be announced as the republican nominee for president and name his vice presidential running mate. several of trump's potential running mates, meanwhile, are speaking out. north dakota governor doug burgum blaming president biden. he posted on x, quote, we all know president trump is stronger than his enemies today. he showed it. please join catherine and me in praying for president trump, his family and everyone attending the rally today. meanwhile, florida senator marco rubio also reacted on x, saying, quote, praying for president trump and all those attending

the rally in pennsylvania and ohio. senator jd vance commenting on x as well, saying it's not an isolated incident, writing, quote, the central premise of the biden campaign is that president donald trump is an authoritarianism fascist who must be stopped at all costs. the rhetoric led directly to president trump's attempted assassination. joining us now, nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston. larry, as always, it's great to see you. unfortunately, under these circumstances this morning, there's a lot to get to. i think, off the top of our heads. many of us know abraham lincoln, president kennedy, robert f kennedy have all been assassinated. there have been many other attempts, president reagan, among others. so how common? how rare is this in history? you hit on a number of them. kira actually ten presidents, ten out of the 45,

that's 22% have actually been suffered assassination attempts. now, here's the interesting thing is that this country is 248 years old, 248 years old. during that time i mentioned ten. but guess what? over the last 50 years, five of those events have occurred. five of those events in the last 50 years. so it shows you the extent to which this kind of activity, if you will, has ratcheted up considerably in the past couple of generations. and, and it gives you reason to pause what's going on with this country. of course, we look about guns. we know how prevalent they are with especially those long guns with semi-automatics. they're all over the place. well, here's another example. so what else can we say about threats in the united states? you know, i think capitol police must record at least what their intelligence or what their knowledge is. the funny thing is, violence in this country has actually gone down over the last few years.

violence in general, political violence, however, has increased. you mentioned the capitol police 8000 plus incidents occurred in the capitol, threats against members of congress in the last couple of years. the one 2023 only federal judges more than doubled the attempts or the threats on their lives in the last year or two more than doubled between 21 and 2023. you look at these things and one list after another, you see a problem. election workers 40, nearly 40% have felt harassed threatened in the last couple of years. these are huge numbers of people who lead our country, people who we respect, people who we think are going to take us out of whatever morass we might be in and look at the kind of pressures that they've been suffering. it's terrible. and, you know, everyone's now coming out speculating. perhaps this could have people who are undecided, sympathizing with president trump. how do you see this

potentially impacting things as they unfold towards november? a couple of things come to mind. first of all, we know that president trump is revered by republicans. so you can certainly see that that in that convention, there's going to be an awful lot of energy supporting the president. the question is, will it be positive? get going on. we love you. we poor you, you know, or will it be negative blaming the democrats in this case as you saw in a couple of those quotes, you mentioned the irony is, is that former president trump has actually played down political violence during the whole time he's he was president ignoring it. and sometimes even suggesting it's not so bad. and here he is, 180, if you will. he is now hit by that political violence. well, that changed things a little bit. don't know what effect on the election will it have. still it's 110 days away. don't know. but i think at the end of the day, this probably isn't going to be nearly as big as an event as the democrats trying to find their way out of the mess that they're in. right? look, nobody, nobody

likes an assassination attempt against anybody. republican, democrat. it doesn't matter. these are things that americans, americans just have to say aren't right. yeah. we need to stand united as the united states right now. larry, as always, thanks for your insight. have a great day. at 741, this news has the world's attention. as you might imagine, former president barack obama commenting on the shooting, tweeting on x, saying, quote, there is absolutely no place for political violence in our democracy, although we don't yet know exactly what happened, we should all be relieved that former president trump wasn't seriously hurt and use this moment to recommit ourselves to civility and respect in our politics. michelle and i are wishing him a quick recovery. overseas china's president xi jinping, expressed his compassion and sympathy to mr. trump in a statement this morning. a spokesperson said in

part, quote, china is following the shooting incident at the campaign rally of former u.s. president donald trump. president xi jinping has expressed sympathies to former president trump. and we, of course, are going to stay on top of this as the investigation continues. when we're not on the air. be sure to get the latest updates on nbcbayarea.com. just click the link at the top of our home page at 742. still to come on today in the bay how was a man able to shoot at the former president at a campaign rally? a current law enforcement analyst shares the security measures at a presidential campaign event, and h security may beow

former president donald trump. he was rushed off the stage by his secret service at the

campaign rally after a gunman opened fire. at least two people are dead. a person attending the rally and the suspected shooter. two others remain critically wounded in the hospital. so what does security look like at a presidential campaign event? we spoke with michael linenger, a retired san jose police officer and current law enforcement analyst. it's generally, practice that they go through metal detectors, entrance and exits are carefully monitored. it's not unusual for secret service to monitor, or actually connect with law enforcement agencies, but there is an advanced team from the secret service that comes out. and again, the site survey is actually quite, expansive. and it's quite an operation. it's not just the president showing up. you'll have different law enforcement agencies. it's not just the secret service, atf will be there. they'll be undercover, the counter sniper teams. you won't even see them come in. they'll come in in

several vans and just literally disappear, but they are everywhere. so for this to happen, it didn't happen at the venue itself. it happened separate from the venue, from a rooftop. and it's my understanding that the rooftop was not flat now. it could be wrong, but it's my understanding that it was not flat, which makes locating a sniper, even more difficult. once the shots have been fired, they have spotters, they ring out and they eliminate them. unfortunately, he was able to injure president trump as well as kill another bystander, which is truly sad. we will continue to follow this investigation closely for you. be sure to join us beginning at 5 p.m. tonight right here on nbc bay area or wherever you stream. we also will, of course, post the latest updates as we get them on our website, nbcbayarea.com, and on our free nbc bay area app at 747. we do have much more ahead for you on today in the bay. coming up after that triple digit heat we were experiencing last week, the

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microclimate forecast. better news i think people will be more happier with me as we talk about a cool down ahead into this upcoming workweek. as we take a look outside at our live cameras, filtered sunshine through san rafael. that's gorgeous right there along 101 and some clouds. more of that sun break through the south bay. everybody waking up in the 50s and 60s. we're going to do 59 in san rafael, 60 in danville, 62 in sunnyvale. as we take a look at our 24 hour temperature change, even if it's about two to degrees cooler to eight in livermore, that is a sigh of relief where you can kind of sleep in just a few more hours. this morning, compared to the extreme heat we've dealt with in the last couple of weeks. as we take a look at our day planner

in san ramon by mid-morning, approaching that 70 degree mark with a few clouds rolling around as we go on into the afternoon, i'm going to keep you there around the mid 80s for three 4:00 and our dinnertime starting to cool things down into the evening. i think people will be able to get some better rest as we go on into this cooling tren. this week, we continue to talk about the isolated chance of some thunderstorms and some dry lightning through the sierra. we are going to be keeping an eye on this. how close it gets to the bay area, and we don't like to talk about dry lightning at this time of the year, because of course it could spark up any wildfires. the little blue dots that you see on your screen, most of that threat still staying to the east and to the south of the bay area with that dry lightning. but of course, we will be updating this and you can always check on radar right there on the nbc bay area app for the rest of us as we go on into lunchtime. 70 up there in the north bay, around the immediate bay to a few low 80s in the south bay, and into the afternoon. we're going to clear more of those skies, keep the

fog closer to the coast. we're going to do 69 in san francisco for our daytime high, 85 in dublin, 95 in clear lake. but overall, over the next couple of days, even parts of upper into mendocino county, further into the south bay, where it was just blazing hot in morgan hill. this week we're going to cool things down, go on into the 80s as we go on through at least tuesday by wednesday on into the second half of the week, we are looking at some of the warmth returning there. we're going to do 90s as we go on into next week there. overall, we're going to do 80s for this week. i think that will be a chance for people to kind of take a breather from this extreme heat. then we'll transition into some low 90s there for the second half of the week. san francisco should also feel a little bit of that warmth and that cool down to start the week. nice to have some escape. all right, cynthia, thanks. it is just 752. we are back in just a moment with the latest developments following the assassination attempt on former president trump. stay with us. you' 20

year old thomas matthew crooks. as you might imagine, it's still a very active scene. this morning, the fbi is searching for a motive after the assassination attempt on former president trump. the former president at a campaign rally yesterday in the battleground state of pennsylvania, just minutes into his speech, as you saw there, shots were fired, hitting his ear. trump's secret service rushing in to get him to

his motorcade. cameras, as you saw, were rolling as it happened. and we are going to play those terrifying moments for you if you want to really see something that said, take a look at what happened. we doing. out to the spare room to spare. hold, hold when you're ready. on you. ready? move up. move thankful for those brave men and women who came in and saved the president. new. this morning, nbc news has learned that the suspect used a semi-automatic rifle based on what was found at the scene. three u.s. law enforcement officials confirm

with us that it was a sniper rifle. one person at the rally died. two others were critically wounded and are in the hospital. crooks himself was killed by law enforcement. former president trump, meanwhile, is safe at his bedminster resort in new jersey. this morning. this video showing him up and walking, getting off a plane last night in new jersey, he has been posting updates on truth social early this morning, thanking people for their prayers and saying he looks forward to speaking this week. from wisconsin, where the republican national convention begins tomorrow in milwaukee. we of course, are going to stay on top of this as the investigation continues to develop. when we're not on the air, you can get the latest updates on nbcbayarea.com. just click the link at the top of our home page. or if you have our app that is free to download. and cynthia has one last look at the forecast before we go. we are going to start to cool things down. no extreme heat in our 7-day forecast. so we're not

going to do any more 100 on our map there. we're going to come back down to the 80s right where we should be for july. remember, we don't get usually our heat until late summer into the fall. so enjoy this while we have it. then we go on into late week a bit more on that mercury rise into the 90s into thursday, friday and saturday. but overall, enjoy this breather. san francisco drizzle seconds to some low 70s by the end of the week. so nice to have this break. cynthia. thanks for the good news and thanks so much to you for making us a part of your sunday morning. we will have more local news for you tonight at five, six and 11, and we are always going to follow the updates on the attempted assassination on former president donald trump on nbc. bay area.com. stay safe. have

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